NUR 807: Advanced Adult/Geriatric Nursing III Practicum (3 credit hours/180 clinical hours). This is the third clinical course of this advanced nursing practice specialty. The objectives of this practicum are based on the content of the didactic competent of the course. CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS

NUR 808: Research Design and Methodologies (3 credit hours). This course is designed to provide the student with knowledge, skills, and practice in collecting, analyzing, and interpreting quantitative data within the context of application to research design and methodology. The following advanced statistical techniques will be examined: analysis of variance (ANOVA/MANOVA), analysis of covariance (ANCOVA/MANCOVA), use of psychometric techniques (for instruments used in patient care, nursing education and nursing research), linear regression, multiple regression, logistic regression, and structural equation modeling (SEM). CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS

NUR 809: Diversity and Ethical Issues in Advanced Practice (3 credit hours). The course focuses on the exploration of cultural diversity on client populations and nursing practice and provides opportunities for the exploration of the influence of culture on client health-related behaviors. Emphasis is placed on the exploration of the contributions of the evolution of advanced nursing practice to the health of families, especially minority families. Students will explore the development of nursing theory by means of culturally appropriate nursing research methods. Researchable questions are merging from advanced nursing practice will be identified. The principle of ethical care will also be introduced in terms of social justice. CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS

NUR 900: Advanced Practice Leadership and Management (3 credit hours). This course will focus particular attention on the organizational and structural opportunities and barriers inherent in obtaining access to healthcare for cultures and subcultures. This includes applying systems thinking to develop financial and cost effective strategies, legal and ethical dimensions of the business of healthcare delivery. This course provides the advanced practice nurse with the skills to work with all organizational designs to eliminate health disparities. The advanced practice nurse will need to collaborate with other healthcare professionals from a variety of subcultures to analyze complex clinical situations as well as delivery systems to ensure safe and timely, effective, efficient, equitable and patient centered care that meets or exceeds the standards of practice. This course will emphasize the delivery of health care to underserved populations as well as examining strategies to recruit, retain and recognize the accomplishments of a diverse nursing workforce. Leadership skills and human relations, organizational culture, effective patterns of communication and synergistic decision-making will accept this course. CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS

NUR 901: Advanced Practice Leadership and Management Practicum (3 credit hours/180 clinical hours). This course is the clinical component of the leadership and management course. Leadership skills in human relations, organizational culture, effective patterns of communication and synergistic decision-making will accent this course. CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS

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